Lake Tahoe is nestled in the Sierra Nevada Mountains at an elevation of 6,225 feet, 22 miles long and 12 miles wide. It is the largest alpine lake in North America with a 105,000-acre surface and 1,645' deep. The Lake Tahoe Basin is 205,000 acres in size. The Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit was established in 1973 to manage land from three national forests; the Tahoe, Eldorado, and Toiyabe are within the Basin. 77 percent of the Basin is in national forest, 16 percent is in private ownership and 7 is state land. State lands include five state parks and lands administered by the California Tahoe Conservancy and the Nevada State Lands Commission.

The average snowfall is 500 inches at alpine skiing elevations up to 11,000 feet. It is surrounded by the numerous world class ski slopes. Other activities include camping, hiking, biking, boating, swimming and fishing. Nightlife is abundent around the lake and includes mega resorts in many of the Nevada areas.

All pictures on the following pages are from the Lake Tahoe area, using various film and digital cameras. The pictures below on this page are from various parts of the lake. Additional pictures can be seen by clicking on any of the following pages below.

• Emerald Bay State Park page 1.
• Emerald Bay State Park page 2.
• Alpine and Ski page with pictures from Heavenly, Squaw Valley, Alpine Meadows, Nothstar-at-Tahoe, My. Rose and Kirkwood.
• Lake Tahoe page 2 with pictures from Sand Harbor State Park, Cascade Lake and various Nevada overlooks.

Visit numerous other Parks and Cities by World from the Web.

View the panoramic shot of Lake Tahoe's Emerald Bay from the west parking lot.
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Emerald Bay from the west parking lot off of Rt 89.
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South Shore from Hairpin Turn off of Rt 89, south of Cascade Lake and Emerald Bay. As I approached this spot and view, it was a case of deja vu until I realized that I had attended a wedding here many years prior of some college friends.
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Eagle falls, large tree and my cousin at Emerald Bay.
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The view of Lake Tahoe from Heavenly ski resort, south east of the lake.
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Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevadas at sunset from the Tahoe Queen boat. This is picked up from S. Lake Tahoe.
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The lake from the dinner cruise of the M.S. Dixie. The boat is picked up from Zephyr Cove.
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The lake from the dinner cruise of the M.S. Dixie. That is Stateline Nevada, near South Lake Tahoe and Heavenly Ski Resort.
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The lake from the dinner cruise of the M.S. Dixie.
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The lake from the dinner cruise of the M.S. Dixie.
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The east side of the lake at sunset.
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The view from near Incline Village.
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Mountains and Lake Tahoe from Alpine Meadows ski resort on the north west side of the lake, off of Rt 89.
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Further information can be found at the Official Lake Tahoe Visitor Bureau Website page.